- La Vinotinto and Albiceleste will face each other on October 10 at the Monumental Stadium in Maturín
The Venezuelan team will face Argentina on October 10, on date 9 of the South American Qualifiers, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup that will be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
La Vinotinto, led by Argentine coach Fernando “Bocha” Batista, will host the Albiceleste – current World Cup and Copa América champions – at the Estadio Monumental de Maturín, in Monagas, on Thursday at 5:00 pm. Tickets began to be sold on September 26.
How do Venezuela and Argentina reach date 9 of the South American Qualifiers?
Currently, Vinotinto occupies position number six in the South American Qualifiers standings with 10 points (two wins, four draws and two losses).
The classification is led by Argentina, which accumulates 18 points with eight games played, of which it won six and lost two. In addition, they have accumulated twelve goals for and four against.
The Venezuelan team debuted on September 7, 2023 in the South American Qualifiers with a 1-0 defeat against Colombia. Three days later they beat Paraguay 1-0 with a goal from Salomón Rondón at minute 90+3.
In Vinotinto’s game as a visitor against the Brazilian team, Gabriel Magalhães opened the scoring in the 49th minute for Canarinha. However, a goal by Venezuelan Eduardo Bello almost at the end of the game allowed the match to end in a draw.
In the next match, the Venezuelan team scored three goals against its Chilean team in Maturín, while the match against Ecuador ended 0-0 also on Venezuelan territory.
On September 5, 2024, Venezuela lost to Bolivia 4-0. Subsequently, the Venezuelan team drew 0-0 in Maturín with Uruguay on the eighth day of the South American Qualifiers.
For its part, the Argentina team won 3-0 over Chile in the match for the seventh round of the South American Qualifiers, but lost 2-1 in its match against Colombia on September 10.
Recently, coach Lionel Scaloni suffered the loss of four players he had called up, all due to injury: Paulo Dybala, Marcos Acuña, Alejandro Garnacho, Nicolás González. However, on this day the return of Lionel Messi stands out, who was absent in the September matches.
Vinotinto’s next match
-Paraguay vs. Venezuela: October 15, 2024
List of those called up for Vinotinto
The Venezuelan Football Federation announced the players who are called up for the matches against Argentina and Paraguay that will take place on October 10 and 15, in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.
In total, there are 40 players called up, including 25 players from the U-20 division. These are all the players:
Goalkeepers
-Rafael Romo (Catholic University, Ecuador)
-Joel Graterol (América de Cali, Colombia) (Out due to injury)
-José David Contreras (Águilas Doradas, Colombia)
Defenses
-Yordan Osorio (Parma, Italy)
-Nahuel Ferraresi (Sao Paulo, Brasil)-Christian Makoun (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria)
-Yiandro Raap (Jong PSV, Holanda)
-Delvin Alfonzo (Millonarios, Colombia)
-Miguel Navarro (Talleres, Argentina)
-Victor Fung (Inter Miami II, United States)
-Alexander González (Emelec, Ecuador)
-Jon Aramburu (Real Sociedad, Spain)
-Teo Quintero (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands)
-Bianneider Tamayo (University of Chile)
-Carlos Vivas (Deportivo Táchira)
-Alessandro Milani (Lazio Primavera, Italy)
-Rubén Ramírez (Cusco FC, Peru)
-Luis Francisco Balbo (Fiorentina Primavera, Italy)
Midfielders
-José “el Brujo” Martínez (Corinthians, Brazil)
-Tomás Rincón (Santos, Brazil)
-Yangel Herrera (Girona, Spain)
-Cristian Cásseres (Toulouse, France)
-Nicola Profeta (Santos U20, Brazil)
-Telasco Segovia (Casa Pia, Portugal)
-Yair Ramos (Cincinnati II, United States)
-Giovanny Sequera (Philadelphia Union II, United States)
-Bryant Ortega (Jeddah Club, Arabia Saudita)
-Daniele Quito (Inter Milan Primavera, Italy)
-Yeferson Soteldo (Gremio, Brazil)
-Jefferson Savarino (Botafogo, Brazil)
-David Martínez (Los Angeles FC, United States)
-Darwin Machís (Valladolid, Spain)
-Kervin Andrade (Fortaleza, Brazil)
-Leenhan Romero (Catholic University)
-Eduard Bello (Barcelona, Ecuador)
-Daniel Pereira (Austin, United States)Forwards
-José Salomón Rondón (Pachuca, Mexico)-Jhonder Cádiz (León, Mexico)
-Lorenzo D’Agostini (Lazio Primavera, Italy)
-Jesús Ramírez (Vitória Guimaraes, Portugal)
Those called up for the Argentine national team
Archers
-Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)
-Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
-Juan Musso (Atlético de Madrid)
Defenders
-Gonzalo Montiel (Seville)
-Nahuel Molina (Atlético de Madrid)
-Cristian Romero (Tottenham)
– Germán Pezzella (River)
-Leonardo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
-Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
-Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United)
– Nicolas Tagliafico (Olympique Lyon)
-Marcos Acuña (River)
Midfielders
-Leandro Paredes (Rome)
-Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
-Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea)
-Giovani Lo Celso (Betis)
-Nicolás Paz (As)
-Thiago Almada (Botafogo)
-Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
-Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid)
Forwards
-Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
-Nicolás González (Juventus)
-Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
-Valentín Carboni (Olympique Marseille)
-Julián Álvarez (Atlético de Madrid)
-Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
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